- BV Cloppenburg
Football club infobox
clubname = BV Cloppenburg
fullname = Ballspielverein Cloppenburg e. V.
nickname = BVC
founded = 1919
ground = Stadion an der Friesoyther Strasse
capacity = 6,000
chairman =
manager =
league =Regionalliga West (IV)
season = 2007-08
position =Oberliga Nord (IV), 5th (promoted)
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffBV Cloppenburg is a German football club located in
Cloppenburg ,Lower Saxony near Bremen. The club was founded afterWorld War I in 1919 as the successor to "SV Cloppenburg 1911". Through the 50's they played in the Amateurliga Niedersachsen-West (II), and in the 60's in the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen West (III), before falling out of sight in the early 70's to become an obscure local side. In recent years, "BV" managed to rise as high as the third division Regionalliga Nord in 1998 for a couple of seasons, before falling back to the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (IV).Today "Cloppenburg" plays in the in the Oberliga Nord (IV) and narrowly missed promotion after a second place finish there in 2006. They won their first
German Cup berth in the 2006-07 tournament by way of a Niedersachsen Cup win last season over third division side "VfL Osnabrück ". They were eliminated from the competition in the first round after losing 1-0 to Bundesliga side "1. FC Nuremberg " at home.tadium
"Cloppenburg" plays its home games in the Stadion an der Friesoyther Strasse which has a capacity of 6,000 (~2,000 seats). Work on improving the venue by expanding it was recently undertaken and the installation of floodlights is being considered.
Honours
Niedersachsen Cup: 2006
Former Managers
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Franz Gerber
*Wolgang Steinbach
*Hubert Hüring
*Tom Saintfiet
* Jörg Uwe Klütz
* Alexander Woloschin
*Jörg Goslar External links
* [http://www.bvc-kicker.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/cloppenburg.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German football league tables (in German)
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